Statins Alter Prostate Cancer Patients' PSA Levels
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
Beyond lowering cholesterol, statin medications have been found to have numerous other health benefits, including lowering a healthy man's risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, as well as lowering his prostate-specific antigen levels. But a new study finds that statins also can lower PSA levels in men with prostate cancer, potentially altering the results of a patient's PSA test and masking his risk for prostate cancer.